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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1904
Page
2
Tokyo report says Russians fled Dalny in haste leaving many facilities intact. Oku’s scouts found over 100 uninjured barracks and storehouses, with railway and telegraph stations plus 200 coaches undamaged. The Russians destroyed the pier and dock entrances, small bridges nearby, but left jet ties intact.
The New York Cotton Exchange announced the suspension of S Munn Son & Co a leading firm in the cotton trade as an examination of the books uncovers about 125 000 in discrepancies. The head bookkeeper vanished and office manager Clarence F Cameron was absent for a week as the firm seeks to straighten accounts and resume operations.
Washington officials seek French mediation to free the kidnapped American Ion Perdicaris in Morocco. Britain backs efforts for Varley, stepson of Perdicaris. No landing of Marines planned. US vows pursuit if captors kill hostages. Navy may reinforce Tangier squadron with European ships Olympia, Baltimore, and Cleveland.
June 1 report from Tokio states Russian forces destroyed a gunboat used at Talianwan against the Japanese left flank in the Nanshan hill battle. The vessel’s name is not confirmed though it may have been the Bobr.
Tientsin reports the First brigade of the First Russian division with four Siberian regiments has left Tashechao, thirty miles south of Newchwang, for Kin chou. The goal and timing are unclear but authorities believe the units proceed toward Port Arthur for relief, with a full division to follow.
Mukden June 1 dispatch says General Stoessel's force has a strategic position near Port Arthur supported by outlying batteries and fortress guns. It notes possible reinforcements for General Oku from Japanese forces at Takushan and little change east of Liaoyang.
Four gunboats two destroyers and two torpedo boats sent by Vice Admiral Togo to Port Arthur faced heavy land battery fire. They found a Russian searchlight station and forts on Liaotishan promontory. No 3 gunboat was hit killing one petty officer wounding three and damaging a gun. The others escaped unharmed.
St. Petersburg reports the Russian press is cautious about Japanese official accounts and doubts that Port Arthur's fall would end the war. It lauds the defense at Nan Shan and notes overall reluctance to accept enemy claims.
Representatives of the Lake Carriers association and the Masters and Pilots association met before a civic federation committee to resolve a deadlock. The session was private with no press, lasting two hours before a luncheon recess and an announced later meeting. Livingstone and District Captain Howell spoke for their groups amid cordial atmosphere.
Major General Leonard Wood returns from Zamboanga where he organized a punitive expedition chasing Datto Ali and his Moro band from the Rio Grande after the massacre of fifty three Filipinos at Camp Overton. US troops press on to capture or destroy them as remains of the Seventeenth Infantry are interred at Cotabato Mindanao.
In Virginia, the Duluth post office safe was blown apart in the early morning and emptied. Thieves rifled mail pouches and stole stamps and coins from the drawer, leaving valuables sought by the robbers.
Tangier reports four U S warships Castine Marietta Brooklyn and Atlanta arriving to aid the Perdicaris Varley kidnapping affair. Residents flee outskirts for safety as British and American envoys rush a courier to the sultan and the admiral conference in Tangier with secrecy surrounding negotiations.
A Brooklyn fire revealed a hidden case of inferred ancestry as a white eight year old girl perished in a hut once occupied by an elderly black woman. Investigators link the child to a mother in New York society and a foster mother who received payments for years. The foster mother left the child in the hut when the blaze started.
Pittsburg on June 1 reports Irvin Wise a mechanical engineer shot Hattie Graff through the heart and then killed himself. The motive is unknown but jealousy is suspected as Wise had shown interest in Graff for some time. Wise was married and left a son.
Vladivostok reports indicate Japan may have mined Peter the Great Gulf near the town. A small Korean sailing vessel was blown up Sunday. The region remains quiet on military operations.
Seoul June 1 reports the Korean cabinet has granted the Japanese government fishing rights off Korea s west coast provinces after a long period of quibbling officials said. The agreement marks a formal shift in regional fisheries policy.
Baltimore on June 1 reports Mayor Robert M McLane shot himself in a private room while his wife slept nearby. He died within an hour. Critics and fatigue over city rebuilding after February fire are cited as factors. McLane, 36, was the city’s youngest chief executive.
The Missouri supreme court reversed and remanded cases of former St. Louis municipal assembly members T. Edward Albright Jerry J. Hannigan and John A. Sheridan who were convicted of bribery and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
In Quenemo Kansas a party of Ohio Methodists returning from a Los Angeles conference are stranded as three Santa Fe trains with 400 passengers cannot move due to two days of heavy rain and washouts. Local residents aid floodbound travelers supplying meals and clothing while boats ferry passengers. Many aboard from Denver and El Paso have become ill from damp conditions.
Dr. William Rubin of Racine pleaded guilty in federal court to counterfeiting and was sentenced by Judge Seaman to eighteen months in the Milwaukee House of Correction.
The United States Supreme Court has ordered a rehearing in cases brought by the Milwaukee Journal against other Milwaukee newspapers. The suits allege a conspiracy to boycott the Journal.
Rising Sun Indiana June 1 James Moore twenty years old a farm laborer shot himself in the head. Physicians say the wound is fatal. This marks the third suicide attempt here following the Gillespie murder trial verdict failure, highlighting local turmoil over the case.
Royalton Minnesota on June 1 Cora M Jackson daughter of S Jackson long time resident is believed to have died by self inflicted means in a case prompted by a disappointed love affair.
The four hour pause in Beaver valley marked the burial of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay. Crowds gathered from nearby towns as his remains were moved from his home to the First Presbyterian church for public viewing and later interment at Beaver cemetery. Congressional delegations attended the services and a G A R guard accompanied the procession.
In Buffalo Wyoming on June 1 Sheriff Webb of Nations county fought a gun battle with bandits near the Putney ranch in the Big Horn mountains. One outlaw was wounded and fell from his horse, and a partner dragged him away and escaped into the Bad Lands.
Four masked criminals robbed the Delaware County Electric Railway car barn at Clifton Heights and blew open two safes, taking $150. They bound and gagged three employees and two male passengers.
May 31 fire on the Starin barge Allen C Churchill swept seven piers in Jersey City New York. One death feared as mate missing and possible arson. Estimated loss around 1 million dollars, with higher figures possible. Firemen battle smouldering ruins as three engines pump water.
Fire roared through Donohue's hotel barn in Hinckley Minnesota destroying the barn and contents including horses and carriages. Donohue perished in the flames while attempting to rescue his animals. The cause is undetermined though authorities suspect arson.
A Princeton dispatch quotes former President Grover Cleveland stating he believes Judge Alton B. Parker of New York will be the Democratic nominee at the national convention. The remark reinforces Parker as the party’s leading presidential favorite.
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